Originally Posted by
sidtheesexist
And I would suggest, respectfully, that many would not!
In which case, open your eyes, as though there may be many small operators who are happy to take on people under the self-improver regime, the few, large operators who offer the vast majority of jobs available think exactly as scroggs suggests.
The thinking is "training risk, training risk, training risk" - who can cope under high pressure in a time-limited environment, with spare capacity available. They could not care less if you have achieved those skills through repeated practice - they was to know if you have those skills and can pick them up at the drop of a hat - do you hold the innate ability to copy without repeated practice. Flying skills alone are not enough - capacity, intelligence, flexibility, teamwork are all skills not readily apparent from the holding of the licence.
The mere holding of a licence does not demonstrate the manner in which is was achieved - i.e. whether the individual has demonstrated an ability to pick up, build upon, and improve skills in an extremely limited space of time. That is the sole reason why airline are very concerned about HOW a licence was acquired.
Yes, a sim check does weed people out, however if you know that a certain product from some schools produces what you want, why bother weeding through the remainder of candidates at enormous time and expense for little reward?
Anyway, the MPL will put this debate to bed once and for all, as alluded to below.